I grew up in South Africa with "Apartheid" 1976-2006

My name is Stephan du Plessis, born July, 1976 and raised in Pretoria located in Nortern-Transvaal, South Africa.

So, from when I was only 4 years old until 14 years of age the following was taking place around me without any knowledge as young child?

Between 1980 and 1990, apartheid South Africa's onslaught against anti-apartheid forces in neighboring territories of the southern Africa region resulted in 1.5 million deaths.

What the fuck was going on over here?

A further 1.5 million people fled their countries, and 6.1 million were internally displaced. The cost of economic destabilization in the region amounted to 40 percent of regional GDP in 1988 alone. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_South_Africa)

And in the meantime I'm in South Africa living a normal day to day life like any normal young boy would. Walking to school and back from 1st - 12th grade. Primary school was a few blocks away , and did I mention the first time the made us wear shoes to school was in 7th Grade. So we were free.

Pretoria, my birth town, is now called "Tswane" and Northern-Transvaal is now called "Gauteng".

The names of my birthplace changed because the name "Pretoria", named after Andries Pretorius (1798-1853), resembled the names of one the Founding Fathers of South Africa. This is a reminder of "Apartheid" to the native tribes from this region.
For that reason, all the the towns and city names I learn of in school history classes, have been changed into more acceptable names. When I look at the map now, I am happy I studied my Geography well, because the names on the map means nothing unless you know where you are or know where you going.
Even the flag changed! From this

To this

In 1994, I was 18 years of age, so I graduated from high school and did not have to go to the "Army", because this year they stopped with the 2 years of mandatory military service. No idea why. Yay!!!

Nelson Mandela was released from prison and became President of "The New South-Africa" in the year I graduated (1994). Now all is about to change.....

But first let's rewind 14 years to 1980
1980
January

14 – The local community at Soekmekaar resists forced removal and damages the police station.
25 – Three Umkhonto we Sizwe terrorists, Stephen Mafoko, Humphrey Makhubo and Wilfred Madela, kill two civilians and hold the staff and customers in a bank in Silverton in Pretoria hostage. The siege ends in a shoot-out with the police in which all three terrorists are killed.[1]

March

12 – The Nederduits Gereformeerde Kerk (NGK) together with its sister churches for Blacks (the NGK in Afrika), Coloureds (the NG Sendingkerk) and Indians (the Reformed Church in Africa), issue a statement that the Churches will bring no objection in principle should authorities judge that circumstances justify reconsideration of the Immorality Act and the Mixed Marriages Act.
12 – In Pretoria nine people are sentenced to five to seven years imprisonment for training as guerrillas outside South Africa and recruiting others to undergo training.

April

4 – Umkhonto we Sizwe attacks the Booysens Police Station in Johannesburg with grenades, rocket launchers and AK47s.
21 – More than sixty coloured high schools, teacher training colleges and the University of the Western Cape start boycotting classes.
29 – In Johannesburg hundreds of coloured school children are arrested in terms of the Riotous Assemblies Act during a student-police confrontation.

May

2 – Pink Floyd's Another Brick in the Wall is banned because the government fears that it might be used as a song     of liberty by black school children.
25 – The South African Defence Force attacks the town of Chifufua in Angola during Operation Sceptic.

June

1 – Bombs explode at Sasol One and Two and Natref Eight at Sasolburg and Secunda, with no injuries and RM58 damage. The attack was organised by Solomon Mahlangu of the Umkhonto weSizwe Special Operations.

July - my 5th birth day

August

Special Branch policeman Detective-Sergeant T.G. Zondi is shot at in Sobantu Village.

October

14 – The Soweto community calls for a stayaway to protest against rent increases.
15 – A bomb damages a railway line in Dube, Soweto and Piet Koornhof, minister of co-operation and development, visits the scene.
29 – Umkhonto we Sizwe insurgents throw two grenades into the government buildings of the West Rand Administration Board and injure a security guard and his friend.
30 – A bomb explodes at the Transkei consul's residence in Port Elizabeth but no injuries result.

November

21 – A terrorist is killed in Chiawelo and a child is injured by police in the process.

1981

January

25 – The largest part of the town Laingsburg is swept away within minutes by one of the strongest floods ever experienced in the Great Karoo.
30 – The South African Defence Force launches Operation Beanbag and raids a suspected Umkhonto we Sizwe safe area in the suburb of Matola, Maputo, Mozambique, killing 12 to 24 people. The numbers reported killed vary.[1]:54

Feb

Two people are injured when a bomb explodes in a Durban shopping centre.

April

14 – A section of railway line between Richards Bay and Vryheid is destroyed by Umkhonto we Sizwe and coal trucks are derailed.
16 – Bishop Desmond Tutu is arrested and his passport is confiscated.
21 – Limpet mines explode and destroy two transformers at a sub-station in Durban.

May

6 – The railway in the Hoedspruit area is damaged.
14 – The United Nations General Assembly publishes a blacklist of 65 multi-national companies and some 270 sports persons who have links with South Africa.
21 – A bomb explodes and damages the Port Elizabeth rail link to Johannesburg and Cape Town.
25 – A pamphlet bomb explodes in Durban.
25 – The Fort Jackson Police station is attacked.
25 – The railway line near Soweto is damaged.
25 – The railway line on the Natal South Coast is damaged.
25 – Power lines are cut in Vrede.
25 – A series of terrorist actions in support of Republic Day protests are admitted by Umkhonto we Sizwe.
27 – A bomb explodes in Durban destroying a South African Defence Force recruiting building.

June

1 – Three offices of the Progressive Federal Party are firebombed in Johannesburg, with no injuries.
4 – The police station in Meyerton is attacked by terrorists.
11 – The railway line on the Natal North coast is maliciously damaged.
16 – The railway line near East London is maliciously damaged.
26 – Two bombs explode at the Durban Cenotaph.
28 – The railway near Empangeni is maliciously damaged.
30 – Zwelakhe Sisulu, son of Walter Sisulu and President of the Black Media Workers Association of South Africa, is arrested under the Internal Security Act.

July - my 4th birth day

3 – A limpet mine is found at the fuel storage yard in Alberton and defused.
21 – Six bomb explosions at sub-stations in Pretoria, Middelburg, and Ermelo disrupts power supply.
26 – Two bombs explode at 05:50 and 06:10 in central Durban. Three people are injured and extensive damage is caused to motor vehicle firms.

August

6 – A bomb explodes in an East London shopping complex minutes before rush hour.
8 – A bomb explodes in a Port Elizabeth shopping centre in similar manner to the East London bomb.
11 – The Voortrekkerhoogte Military Base outside Pretoria is attacked with RPG-7s. Two British citizens, Nicolas Heath and Bonnie Lou Muller, are identified as accomplices in the assault.
19 – The railway line near East London is maliciously damaged.
23 – The South African Defence Force attacks South-West Africa People's Organisation bases in Xangongo and Ongiva, southern Angola during Operation Protea.

September

2 – Two policemen and two civilians, one a child, are killed during an attack on Mabopane Police station.
12 – A bomb damages the main railway line at Delville Wood near Durban.

October

10 – Umkhonto we Sizwe attacks government offices of the Department of Co-operation and Development. Four civilians are injured.
21 – Umkhonto we Sizwe destroys a transformer in Evander and a water pipeline feeding Sasol III (Secunda CTL) in Secunda.
26 – Two policemen are killed during an attack on Sibasa Police station.

November

1 – The Jeppes Reef House near the Swaziland border, occupied by the South African Defence Force, comes under RPG-7 attack.
1 – The South African Defence Force attacks South-West Africa People's Organisation bases in Chitequeta, south-eastern Angola, during Operation Daisy.
9 – A bomb explodes at the Orlando Magistrates Court in Soweto.
12 – Rosslyn sub-station in Pretoria is damage by 4 limpet mines.
27 – Cedric Mayson, a former Methodist minister, is arrested.

December

4 – South Africa grants Ciskei independence.
9 – The offices of the Chief Commissioner of the Department of Co-operation and Development in Cape Town is attacked.
14 – A Pretoria sub-station is bombed.
23 – Eastern Cape provincial buildings in Duncan Village are damaged in an Umkhonto we Sizwe attack.
26 – The Wonderboompoort Police station is attacked.

Unknown date

Trevor Manuel becomes the General Secretary of the Cape Areas Housing Action Committee.
Bulelani Ngcuka is detained by police for eight months.
A Security Police counter-insurgency unit is started by Dirk Coetzee, Jan Viktor and Jac Buchner with 16 police officers at Vlakplaas.

1982

January

7 – A bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Soweto.
8 – Umkhonto we Sizwe guerrillas attack Koeberg nuclear power plant in Cape Town.
11 – The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid launches the International Year of Mobilisation for Sanctions against South Africa.

February

15 – Four COSAS-Members are bombed by the Security Branch under orders of Brigadier Schoon at a mine dump outside Kagiso. Three die and one is injured.
18 – The South African Navy frigate SAS President Kruger sinks with the loss of 16 lives after colliding with SAS Tafelberg.
24 – Andries Treurnicht and another 22 National Party MPs vote for no confidence in P.W. Botha.
South Africa and Swaziland sign a non-aggression pact.
The South African Defence Force's Operation Super takes place.

March

6 – Frederik Willem de Klerk replaces Andries Treurnicht as leader of the National Party in the Transvaal.
14 – A bomb explodes at the African National Congress headquarters in London. General Johann Coetzee and seven other policemen (Craig Williamson, John McPherson, Roger Raven, Wybrand du Toit, John Adam, James Taylor and Eugene de Kock) will later claim responsibility in retaliation for the 11 August 1981 attack on the military base at Voortrekkerhoogte outside Pretoria in which two British citizens, Nicholas Heath and Bonnie Lou Muller, were involved.
20 – A bomb explodes at the Langa Commissioners Court.

April

30 – President of South Africa Pieter Willem Botha and President of Zambia Kenneth Kaunda meet on the Botswana border to discuss the political situation in South West Africa and South Africa.

May

12 – A bomb damages the office of the West Rand Administration Board in Soweto for the second time.
21 – A bomb explodes at the offices of the Department of Coloured Affairs in Pinetown near Durban.
28 – A fuel depot and power transformer in Hectorspruit is damaged by a limpet mine.

June

3 – A bomb damages the railway near Dube in Soweto.
4 – One person is killed when a bomb explodes in a lift (elevator) at the offices of the Presidents Council in Cape Town.
28 – The railway depot at Vryheid is damaged in an explosion.
28 – In Scheepersnek, two bombs cause extensive damage to the railway depot, pump station, stores and vehicles.
28 – The Durban-Witwatersrand oil pipeline is damaged by a bomb.

July -my 5th birth day

In Port Elizabeth the police station commander's office and New Law Courts are damaged in an attack.

August

28 – The Umvoti Mounted Rifles base in Red Hill, Durban is attacked.

September

24 – Umkhonto we Sizwe places explosives on a railway bridge near Upington that fails to detonate.
Two insurgents are killed by police in Boksburg.

October

26 – Three bombs explode at the Drakensberg Administration offices in Pietermaritzburg.
A special branch policeman and an insurgent are killed in a skirmish in KwaZulu-Natal.

November

8 – A bomb causes severe damage at the Mobil fuel storage depot in Mkuze.
20-21 – Umkhonto we Sizwe cadres use RPG-7s to attack a rural police station and temporary South African Army garrison at Tonga.

December

10 – The South African Defence Force stages a pre-dawn raid on houses inhabited by the banned African National Congress in Maseru, Lesotho.[1]:54
18-19 – Four explosions cause massive damage at the Koeberg nuclear power station just north of Cape Town.
31 – A bomb damages the Johannesburg Magistrates court 200m from John Vorster Square.
One person is killed and 70 injured in a bomb blast at the Southern Free State Administration Board in Bloemfontein.

Unknown date

Bulelani Ngcuka is jailed for three years for refusing to give evidence in the political trial of Patrick Maqubele and others.

1983

January

26 – One person is killed and five injured by a bomb that explodes at the New Brighton Community Council offices.
30 – A bomb explodes at the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court.
Dieter Gerhardt is arrested by the FBI in New York.

February

7 – Cedric Mayson, a former Methodist minister, is charged with treason and being a member or an active supporter of the African National Congress. The case was to resume on 18 April but he fled to Britain while on bail.
10 – Umkhonto we Sizwe saboteurs burn 5 square kilometres of land in the Richards Bay area in an arson attack.
11 – The Drakensberg Administration Board offices are damaged by a bomb.
12 – A bomb injures 76 people at the Free State Administration Board offices.
20 – Umkhonto we Sizwe saboteurs try to set the Pelindaba Nuclear Research Station on fire in an arson attack.

March

12 – A bomb explodes on a railway coach on a Johannesburg-bound passenger train.
21 – A second bomb explodes at the Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg.

April

21 – A third bomb explodes at the Supreme Court in Pietermaritzburg.
30 – The Prime Minister of South Africa, Pieter Willem Botha, meets with Lesotho's Minister of Foreign Affairs to discuss the Lesotho Highlands Water Project.

May

13 – An improvised explosive device, 37 kg of explosives in a gas cylinder, is found under a bridge on the Southern Freeway in Durban and defused by police.
20 – An Umkhonto we Sizwe car bomb, planted by Abubakar Ismael, explodes outside the South African Air Force Headquarters during the afternoon rush hour period, opposite a building housing military intelligence personnel in Pretoria. 19 people are killed and 220 injured.[1]:45
23 – The South African Air Force retaliates by attacking African National Congress facilities in the suburb of Matola in Maputo, Mozambique during Operation Skerwe.
Two explosions cause R250,000 worth of damage to the Offices of the Department of Internal Affairs in Roodepoort.
A skirmish on the Botswana border leaves four insurgents and a South African Army soldier dead.

June

17 – Police defuse a bomb found on a power pylon at New Canada railway station in Soweto.
28 – A bomb explodes at the Department of Internal Affairs in Roodepoort.

July - my 6th birthday

7 – Two bombs are found and defused at the Durban Supreme Court while two bombs detonate in Roodepoort at 00:40, causing structural damage to the Department of Internal Affairs offices and the Police Station.

August

6 – A bomb explodes at Temple Israel in Hillbrow just before Marais Steyn is due to speak there. There are no injuries.
20 – A bomb causes R100,000 in damage to a sub-station near Mamelodi.
20 – The United Democratic Front is launched.[1]:56–62
26 – A Limpet mine explodes at the Ciskei Consul General's offices in the Carlton Centre, Johannesburg at 18:50. One person is injured.

September

8 – Two bombs damage sub-stations in Johannesburg, in Randburg and Sandton.
11 – More sub-stations are damaged by Limpet mines in Johannesburg, in Bryanston North and Fairlands.
12 – Ciskei offices in Pretoria are damaged by a Limpet mine.
13 – A bomb explodes at 19h45 in the Rowntree's factory in Umbilo, Durban.
29 – The Police defuses a bomb on an electrical pylon in Vereeniging.

October

11 – Limpet mines explode at 02:20 and damage a large fuel storage tank, three rail tankers and one road tanker at Warmbad. Two more devices, set to explode 1 hour later, are found on the door of the Civil Defence office. PW Botha was due to speak in Warmbad.
14 – Two electricity pylons near Pietermaritzburg are destroyed by Limpet mines at 02:00 and 03:00.

November

1 – Buses at a municipal bus depot in Durban are damaged by a bomb that explodes at midnight.
1 – The railway line at Germiston is damaged by a bomb.
1 – Police defuse a bomb on the railway line near Springs.
1 – The South African Defence Force launches Operation Askari.
2 – A white referendum on a new Constitution to provide for a White, Coloured and Indian Tricameral Parliament yields a 66% yes vote.[1]:56
2 – A bomb explodes at 02:55 at the Police workshop in Wentworth, Durban and damages vehicles and the adjacent Alan Taylor student residence.
3 – The Bosmont railway station is damaged by a bomb.
3 – The Bosmont-Newclare railway line is damaged in an explosion.
3 – The railway line near Germiston is damaged by an explosion.
3 – Police defuse explosives on the railway line near Springs.
22 – Electrical pylons are damaged by two explosions near Durban.

December

3 or 7 – A bomb explodes at the office of the Department of Community Development in Bree Street, Johannesburg.
8 – The railway line 1 km from Bloemfontein is maliciously damaged and a locomotive and two trucks are derailed.
12 – Seven people are injured when a Limpet mine explodes at the offices of the Department of Community Development and Commissioners Court in Johannesburg.
15 – Three bombs explode on the beach front outside the Natal Command HQ in Durban.
19 – A bomb causes R60,000 worth of damage to the KwaMashu township offices in Durban.
29 – Dieter Gerhardt is sentenced to life imprisonment for treason.

1984

January

8 – The South African Defence Force begins withdrawal from southern Angola.
11 – The South African Railways inaugurates the MetroBlitz interurban train service between Pretoria and Johannesburg.[1]

February

3 – A bomb destroys the offices of the Ciskei consulate in Durban.
23 – An Escom installation in Georgetown is slightly damaged by an explosion.
29 – Two bombs explode at Mandini, one at a sub-station and the other at the police station.

March

11 – The Mobil fuel depot in Ermelo is rocked by four explosions and five storage tanks are destroyed.
12 – During a skirmish with insurgents, two policemen are seriously injured.
16 – South Africa and Mozambique sign the Nkomati Accord, a non-aggression treaty, at Komatipoort.
23 – Dorothy Nyembe is released from Kroonstad Prison after serving 15 years for defeating the ends of justice by harbouring members of Umkhonto we Sizwe.

April

3 – A car bomb explodes on the Victoria Embankment, Durban, killing three people and injuring twenty others. Daya Rengasami, a member of the SA Students Organisation and his wife Navi is killed in the blast. The African National Congress denies responsibility. Amichand Rajbansi says he believes his offices nearby had been the intended target of the bomb.
5 – The Transkei consulate in Botshabelo is destroyed by a bomb.
An insurgent is killed at De Deur.

May

2 – South Africa, Mozambique and Portugal sign an agreement in Cape Town on the supply of electricity to South Africa from the Cahora Bassa Hydro-electric Dam in north-west Mozambique.
5 – Over 7,000 people attend an Afrikaner Volkswag rally in Pretoria.
12 – A bomb explodes at the Trust Bank in Durban.
13 – The Mobil Oil Refinery in Durban comes under RPG-7 attack by Umkhonto we Sizwe cadres. All the insurgents are killed afterwards in a running battle with police.
16 – Outside the Jabulani Police station in Soweto an explosion destroys two private vehicles belonging to policemen.
18 – The railway line near Lenasia is damaged by an explosion.
29 – Pieter Willem Botha, State President of South Africa and Pik Botha, minister of foreign affairs, visit Austria, Belgium, France, Great Britain, Italy, Portugal, Switzerland and West Germany.
The Pango mutiny occurs when mutineers systematically kill most camp administration members of an Umkhonto we Sizwe training camp in Angola.

June

21 – An explosion damages a sub-station in Berea, Durban and disrupts electricity supply.

July - my 7th birthday

9 – South Africa signs the amendment of the International Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas.
12 – One policeman is killed and one is injured when their vehicle is attacked in Jabulani.
28 – The South African Railways Police charge office in KwaMashu, Durban is attacked with hand grenades.

August

3 – A guerrilla is killed in the Ellisras area.
7 – Tshabalala Dry Cleaners in Soweto is extensively damaged by Umkhonto we Sizwe.
7 – An Escom sub-station is destroyed in Glenmore, Durban.
11 – Barefoot South African runner Zola Budd, granted British citizenship earlier in the year, and Mary Decker of the U.S. collide in the Olympic 3000 meters final and neither finish as medallist.[2]
12 – The Department of Internal Affairs of Johannesburg is hit by an explosion that causes minor damage.
16 – Two Limpet mines destroy the second and third floors of the building in Roodepoort housing the South African Police HQ, Soweto East. The explosion injures the District Commander, four policemen and two civilians, causing R260,000 worth of damage.
17 – A guerrilla is killed while resisting arrest in Mapetla.
23 – Explosions at 18h30 destroy 4th floor offices belonging to the government in a building in Booysens, Johannesburg.
24 – A bomb explodes at 17h30 in Anchor Life Building in Johannesburg. The explosion destroys the South African Railways Police regional offices and the Department of Internal Affairs offices.

September

3 – Pieter Willem Botha becomes the 6th State President of South Africa.
3 – A limpet mine placed by Mo Shaik explodes at 16h07 at the Department of Internal Affairs in Johannesburg.
3 – During riots in the Vaal Triangle, instigated by the Vaal Civic Association (VCA) with support from the UDF and COSAS, councillors Caesar Motjeane and Kuzwayo Dlamini are doused with petrol and burned alive and the police resort to sharp ammunition to restore order.[3]:70–73
5 – An explosion destroys an Escom sub-station at Rustenburg and disrupts power to Rustenburg and a large area of Bophutatswana.
7 – VCA vice-chairman Esau Raditsela admits to VCA chairman Lord McCamel and UDF leader Frank Chikane that the VCA had started the riots on 3 September, but the UDF continues to hold the government and police responsible.[3]:73
13 – A Limpet mine causes damage to a Durban sub-station.
14 – A bomb explodes at 17h00 at the Department of Community Development in Krugersdorp.

October

8 – South Africa, Mozambique and Renamo hold talks in Pretoria to end the civil war in Mozambique.
16 – Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.

December

11 – A section of railway line near Durban is damaged by an explosion. A goods train is also damaged.
14 – A guerrilla is killed and a policeman is injured in a skirmish in Ingwavuma.
18 – Pik Botha, South African foreign minister and Siad Barre, President of Somalia hold talks in Mogadishu.
25 – Another guerrilla is killed in Ingwavuma.

Unknown Date

The government imposes a state of emergency that would stay in place for six years.

1985

anuary

31 – Pieter Willem Botha, State President of South Africa, offers a release proposal to imprisoned African National Congress deputy leader Nelson Mandela.
31 – Dr Gerrit Viljoen, Minister of Cooperation and Development, announces that the forced removal of Blacks will be suspended.
Three guerrillas and a policeman are killed in a skirmish near Nongoma.

February

9 – An explosion damages the Old Defence Force offices in Marshall Street, Johannesburg.
10 – Nelson Mandela, African National Congress leader, rejects Pieter Willem Botha's offer of conditional release.

March

21 – Seventeen rioters are killed when police open fire at the twenty-fifth commemoration of the Sharpeville Massacre demonstration marches in Langa, Port Elizabeth.
22 – Two guerrillas are killed in Bosbokrand.
27 – Over 200 people are arrested for marching through Cape Town to Pollsmoor Prison protesting for the release of Nelson Mandela, including two clerics who led the march, Beyers Naudé and Allan Boesak.
A Limpet mine destroys a police vehicle in Mamelodi.
Two guerrillas are killed and one captured in the Eastern Transvaal.
A special branch policeman's home in Tembisa comes under grenade attack.

April

15 – South Africa ends the ban on interracial marriages.
30 – The Rand Daily Mail, a leading anti-apartheid newspaper, ceases publication.

May

2 – An explosion rocks the building housing the gold mining companies of Anglo American and Anglovaal in Johannesburg and causes R170,000 in structural damage. Both companies are engaged in mass dismissals of mine workers.
9 – Two grenade attacks occur in Pretoria townships.
15 – Three explosions damage the Brakpan Police barracks.
15 – Insurgents attack the buildings of the Brakpan Commissioners court and offices of the Messenger of the court.
15 – The funeral of Andries Raditsela, an Umkhonto we Sizwe member who had died in detention, takes place.
28 or 30 – A Limpet mine causes structural damage to the Military Medical Centre in Hillbrow, Johannesburg.
31 – Insurgents attack the Southern Cross Fund offices and injure 14 people.

June

14 – The South African Army raids houses and offices of Umkhonto we Sizwe during Operation Plecksy in Gaborone, the capital of Botswana, killing 12 activists.
Three limpet mines explode at the Natalia Development Board buildings in Lamontville.
Three limpet mines explode at the Umlazi Police station in Durban.
An Eskom sub-station in Durban is damaged by explosion.
A bomb damages the offices of AECI, which is involved in a labour dispute.
An explosion destroys a Transkei Development Corporation bulk fuel depot in Umtata and disrupts water and power supplies to the town.
Insurgents throw petrol bombs and hand grenades at the home of Amichand Rajbansi.
A policeman who fired on a crowd is killed by alleged insurgents in Mmabatho.

July - my 9th birthday

2–6 – The African National Congress holds their second national consultative conference in Kabwe, Zambia.
20 – P.W. Botha declares a state of emergency in 36 magisterial districts.
Limpet mines destroy a sub-station in Durban.
A Soweto group, dubbed the Suicide Squad, attacks the homes of two Soweto policemen.
A hand grenade is thrown at a bakery in Umlazi, Durban, where workers are on strike.
A hand grenade is thrown at the former community councillor in Gugulethu.
Two insurgents and a policeman are killed in a shootout at a police roadblock near East London.

August

1 – Anti-Apartheid lawyer Victoria Mxenge is assassinated by government-backed "death squads".
2 – Two insurgents and a policeman are killed at a roadblock near Mount Ruth.
10 – Police defuses a limpet mine found on a petrol bowser at a fuel depot in East London.
15 – P.W. Botha delivers his infamous "Rubicon Speech" at the opening of the National Party Natal Congress in Durban during a policy address in which he was widely expected to announce new reforms, but instead refuses to bow to pressure for concessions to the black majority or the release of Nelson Mandela.
27 – In reaction to the Rubicon speech on 15 August, the Rand falls from 52c US to 33c US against the US dollar.
27 – Government closes the foreign exchange markets and stockmarket for a week while trying to reschedule the country's international debt, which fails. International debt is not repaid for four months.
A hand grenade is thrown into the home of MP Barend Andrews.
A hand grenade is thrown into the home of a Mamelodi policeman.
Three limpet mines explode in department stores in Durban, causing limited damage but no injuries.
A bomb explodes in a night club at an Umlazi hotel and 30 children are injured.

September

27–28 – Limpet mines damage the basement of OK Bazaars in Smith Street, Game Stores and Checkers, all supermarkets in central Durban, while a limpet mine is defused in Spar in central Durban.
Trevor Manuel is detained by police and is subsequently banned until 1990, but the ban was to be lifted in 1986.

October

15 – Three Coloured youths are killed and 15 others wounded during the 'Trojan Horse Massacre' when South African security force members, hiding in the back of an unmarked truck, ambush and open fire on a stone-throwing crowd in the township of Athlone, Cape Town. The incident is captured by an international television crew and broadcast across the world.
24 – A limpet mine detonates whilst being armed at Grosvenor Girls School, Bluff, Durban, killing Zinto Cele, Mandlenkosi Ndimande and injuring Sibusiso Mazibuko.
30 – Parliamentary by-elections are held for five seats. The National Party retains four seats and loses the fifth to the Herstigte Nasionale Party.
The home of an Umlazi school headmaster is attacked with a hand grenade.

November

25 – An "Aeroflot" Antonov AN-12 cargo airplane, en route from Cuito Cuanavale to Luanda, is shot down by South African Special Forces and crashes approximately 43 km of Menongue, killing 8 crew members and 13 passengers on board.
Four people are killed in 20 hand grenade attacks in the Cape Town region.
A bomb damages a central Johannesburg building housing the Institute of Bankers.
Sasol 2 and 3 come under rocket attack and three insurgents are killed by police.
An anti-tank mine explodes in the Soutpansberg area and four defence force members and four civilians are injured.
Four guerrillas are killed and two injured by Bophutatswana Police.
A hand grenade explodes at a Barclays National Bank branch in Woodstock, Cape Town.

December

8 – The Chesterville home of a policeman is bombed.
13 – A South African Army anti-mine troop carrier detonates an anti-tank mine in Messina and one soldier is injured.
14 – A guerrilla is killed in Chiawelo.
15 – Five people are killed, three of them children aged two, eight and ten, and five are injured when their vehicle detonates an anti-tank mine on the Chatsworth farm near Messina. A one-year-old boy survives the blast.
17 – A limpet mine explodes at 03h00 and damages eight PUTCO buses at the Fleetline depot in Umlazi, Durban.
19 – A farmer is injured when his vehicle hits an anti-tank mine in the Weipe area.
20 – The South African Army carries out a raid into Maseru, Lesotho.
21 – A limpet mine attached to minibus injures 8 or 13 people.
23 – A bomb explodes in an Amanzimtoti shopping centre, kills five people and injures 40 others. Andrew Zondo, who is later arrested for planting the bomb, claims that he attempted to warn the mall but failed. He was later hanged.
29 – The police defuses a pamphlet bomb in Durban.
A limpet mine explodes at 18h00 and causes structural damage to the Chatsworth Magistrates Court outside Durban.
A grenade is thrown at a tourist kombi in central Durban.

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